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1937 World Series (4-1): New York Yankees (102-52) over New York Giants (95-57)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1937 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  6  2
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  7    0  1  x     8  7  0

    PITCHERS: NYG - Hubbell, Gumbert (6), Coffman (6), Smith (8)
              NYY - Gomez

               WP - Lefty Gomez
	       LP - Carl Hubbell
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              NYY - Lazzeri

  ATTENDANCE: 60,573

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1937 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  7  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  2  4    2  0  x     8 12  0

    PITCHERS: NYG - Melton, Gumbert (5), Coffman (6)
              NYY - Ruffing

               WP - Red Ruffing
	       LP - Cliff Melton
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 57,675

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1937 at Polo Grounds (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  1  2    1  1  0    0  0  0     5  9  0
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  5  4

    PITCHERS: NYY - Pearson, Murphy (9)
              NYG - Schumacher, Melton (7), Brennan (9)

               WP - Monte Pearson
	       LP - Hal Schumacher
             SAVE - Johnny Murphy

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              NYG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 37,385

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1937 at Polo Grounds (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1     3  6  0
    New York Giants              0  6  0    0  0  0    1  0  x     7 12  3

    PITCHERS: NYY - Hadley, Andrews (2), Wicker (8)
              NYG - Hubbell

               WP - Carl Hubbell
	       LP - Bump Hadley
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Gehrig
              NYG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 44,293

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1937 at Polo Grounds (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  1  1    0  2  0    0  0  0     4  8  0
    New York Giants              0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     2 10  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Gomez
              NYG - Melton, Smith (6), Brennan (8)

               WP - Lefty Gomez
	       LP - Cliff Melton
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - DiMaggio, Hoag
              NYG - Ott

  ATTENDANCE: 38,216

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Ivy Andrews         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 27   4  0  .148  .401   0
 Frankie Crosetti    5  21  2  1  0  0  0   0  3  2  .048  .167  .048  0 | 611 143 11  .234  .692  13
*Bill Dickey         5  19  3  4  0  1  0   3  2  2  .211  .286  .316  0 | 530 176 29  .332  .987   3
 Joe DiMaggio        5  22  2  6  0  0  1   4  0  3  .273  .273  .409  0 | 621 215 46  .346 1.085   3
*Lou Gehrig          5  17  4  5  1  1  1   3  5  4  .294  .455  .647  0 | 569 200 37  .351 1.116   4
*Lefty Gomez         2   6  2  1  0  0  0   1  2  1  .167  .375  .167  0 | 105  21  0  .200  .455   1
 Bump Hadley         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  65  11  0  .169  .489   0
 Myril Hoag          5  20  4  6  1  0  1   2  0  1  .300  .300  .500  0 | 362 109  3  .301  .787   4
 Tony Lazzeri        5  15  3  6  0  1  1   2  3  3  .400  .526  .733  0 | 446 109 14  .244  .747   7
 Johnny Murphy       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  35   8  0  .229  .603   0
 Monte Pearson       1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .250  .000  0 |  51  11  0  .216  .514   0
 Jake Powell         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 365  96  3  .263  .678   7
*Red Rolfe           5  20  3  6  2  1  0   1  3  2  .300  .391  .500  0 | 648 179  4  .276  .743   4
 Red Ruffing         1   4  0  2  1  0  0   3  0  0  .500  .500  .750  0 | 129  26  1  .202  .523   0
*George Selkirk      5  19  5  5  1  0  0   6  2  0  .263  .333  .316  0 | 256  84 18  .328 1.040   8
 Kemp Wicker         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  35   4  0  .114  .253   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 169 28 42  6  4  4  25 21 21  .249  .335  .402  0 |        174  .283  .822  60

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Giants

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Dick Bartell        5  21  3  5  1  0  0   1  0  3  .238  .238  .286  0 | 516 158 14  .306  .836   5
 Wally Berger        3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+312  89 17  .285  .886   3
 Don Brennan         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  6   0  0  .000  .143   0
*Lou Chiozza         2   7  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  .286  .375  .286  0 | 439 102  4  .232  .560   6
 Dick Coffman        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  19   7  0  .368  .842   0
 Harry Danning       3  12  0  3  1  0  0   2  0  2  .250  .250  .333  0 | 292  84  8  .288  .769   0
 Harry Gumbert       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  72  13  1  .181  .414   0
 Carl Hubbell        2   6  1  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  97  21  0  .216  .474   0
 Hank Leiber         3  11  2  4  0  0  0   2  1  1  .364  .417  .364  0 | 184  54  4  .293  .776   1
*Sam Leslie          2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .500  .000  0 | 191  59  3  .309  .794   1
 Gus Mancuso         3   8  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 287  80  4  .279  .706   1
*Johnny McCarthy     5  19  1  4  1  0  0   1  1  2  .211  .250  .263  0 | 420 117 10  .279  .732   2
*Cliff Melton        3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .333  .000  0 |  82  10  0  .122  .255   0
*Jo-Jo Moore         5  23  1  9  1  0  0   1  0  1  .391  .391  .435  0 | 580 180  6  .310  .804   7
*Mel Ott             5  20  1  4  0  0  1   3  1  4  .200  .238  .350  0 | 545 160 31  .294  .931   7
*Jimmy Ripple        5  17  2  5  0  0  0   0  3  1  .294  .400  .294  0 | 426 135  5  .317  .782   3
 Blondy Ryan         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  75  18  1  .240  .643   0
 Hal Schumacher      1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  81  18  2  .222  .571   0
*Al Smith            2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  25   3  0  .120  .240   0
 Burgess Whitehead   5  16  1  4  2  0  0   0  2  0  .250  .333  .375  1 | 574 164  5  .286  .682   7
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 169 12 40  6  0  1  11 11 21  .237  .283  .290  1 |        111  .278  .734  45

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Lefty Gomez         2   1.50 2-0  0  2 18.0 16  3  2  8 | 21-11 278  2.33  1.17 194   
 Red Ruffing         1   1.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  7  1  3  8 | 20-7  256  2.98  1.21 131   
 Monte Pearson       1   1.04 1-0  0  0  8.7  5  1  2  4 |  9-3  145  3.17  1.44  71  1
 Ivy Andrews         1   3.18 0-0  0  0  5.7  6  2  4  1 |+ 6-6  109  3.81  1.39  33  1
 Bump Hadley         1  33.75 0-1  0  0  1.3  6  5  0  0 | 11-8  178  5.30  1.58  70   
*Kemp Wicker         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  0  0 |  7-3   88  4.40  1.51  14   
 Johnny Murphy       1   0.00 0-0  1  0  0.3  0  0  0  0 | 13-4  110  4.17  1.55  36 10
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.45 4-1  1  3 44.0 40 12 11 21 |            3.65 1.380   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Giants

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Carl Hubbell        2   3.77 1-1  0  1 14.3 12  6  4  7 | 22-8  262  3.20  1.21 159  4
*Cliff Melton        3   4.91 0-2  0  0 11.0 12  6  6  7 | 20-9  248  2.61  1.09 142  7
 Hal Schumacher      1   6.00 0-1  0  0  6.0  9  4  4  3 | 13-12 218  3.60  1.43 100  1
 Dick Coffman        2   4.15 0-0  0  0  4.3  2  2  5  1 |  8-3   80  3.04  1.55  30  3
 Don Brennan         2   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  1  0  1  1 |+ 2-1   25  6.75  2.21   7   
*Al Smith            2   3.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  2  1  0  1 |  5-4   86  4.20  1.41  41   
 Harry Gumbert       2  27.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  4  4  1  1 | 10-11 200  3.68  1.28  65  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.81 1-4  0  1 43.0 42 23 21 21 |            3.43 1.280   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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